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Reks dropped an album last month with an all-star line up of producers: DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Hi-Tek…Here’s his video for Why Cry, his track with The Alchemist.

Styles P also gets on a verse to add a little flame.  Check it out.  If you missed the Reks album, click here to listen to a full preview.... Read more

There’s a reason why Big K.R.I.T.’s music is so soulful. It’s in his musical influences. Check out this interview of K.R.I.T. and see below for a sampler of some of the soul singers who influenced him.

Here's the interview: http://vimeo.com/22188472 And here's the soul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9VRS2aTaKQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9tJc27IWKw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtzRJgZG98I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44HmbcWwyGM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bmPsGQsJMg&feature=player_embedded... Read more

We’ve been giving a lot of love to Breakin’. Now it’s time to give some to the DJ. Check out Scratch, one of the best films ever on turntabilism.

Scratch gives an in-depth look at the art of working the 1s and 2s. It goes from the beginning with Grandmaster Flash, Grand Wizard Theodore, Afrika Bambaataa and others to DJ Premier, the X-Ecutioners, Q-Bert and many, many more.  Watch the whole movie below.... Read more

It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another installment of #PhilAdeFridays.

This week he slows it down and flows over a soulful Marsha Ambrosius track.  Check out Your Hands. Click here to download. Here's the Marsha track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxbYxX-ykbM... Read more

Sade is not hip-hop…but she is a one of a kind artist. And, she just did her first ever collaboration with another artist (of any genre). The honor went to…Jay-Z.

Nuff said.  Check out The Moon & The Sky  featuring 2 of the best to ever do it. Click here to download.... Read more

Royce Da 5’9″ puts in some serious work on Writer’s Block (he didn’t have it).

The track sounds like it could be from Lex Lugar and features Eminem on the hook.  Check it out. Click here to download.... Read more

Here’s a new Freddie Gibbs video. Check out Rock Bottom. It’s a GREAT way to ride into the weekend.

This is from Gangsta Gibbs' Str8 Killa album. Click here to buy it, if you haven't already. It's str8 quality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6udb3mM_04&feature=player_embedded... Read more

Dubb is a beast. He spits fire in these 2 videos and even calls out XXL for not making him a freshman.

He may have a point...Check out the videos for Friendz and Passing Me By. Friendz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PeVHGUy7GQ&feature=player_embedded Passing Me By (on that Pharcyde track) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWD6HGFuWqU&feature=player_embedded... Read more

Kent M$ney from Surf Club has dropped a couple of very solid tracks. Check out Fear of Flying and Miracle.

Fear of Flying Click here to download. Miracle Click here to download.... Read more

Devin the Dude always keeps it 100% funky. With a Herbie Hancock-inspired track and a hook that would make Anthony Hamilton proud, Got Bills To Pay is no exception.

Check it out. Click here to download. The singer on the hook brings some of that Anthony Hamilton gravely soul music and the track sounds like it was inspired by a faster version of this (starting at 41 seconds in): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5GcYeh7XA And, here's some of that Anthony Hamilton goodness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4LVf9qdFYA... Read more

The latest installment of the Producer Series Playlists features the music of Hi-Tek.

A lot of love goes to the East and West Coasts, as well as the South, but the Midwest often does not get its props in hip-hop. Hailing from Cincinnati, OH, Hi-Tek has been killing the game for well over a decade. He was one of the staple producers for... Read more

Who says there’s no more conscious rap? Check out Apollo Brown’s The Times ft Oddisee.

It's a great track with meaningful lyrics.  If you need some more thought provoking rap in your life, check out this playlist.  The diversity in hip-hop the last few years has been phenomenal. Click here to download.... Read more

2 days, 2 solid new joints from Wale. Check out 4am ft Black Cobain.

Click here to download.  Click here if you missed Mac Miller's So What ft Wale.... Read more

XV’s album is sounding like it’s going to be hot. Check out his latest song, When We’re Done.

XV's Zero Heroes album drops on tax day.  Click here for more XV. Click here to download.... Read more

Curren$y + The Alchemist = Still Soulful

Curren$y sounds best when he's laying in the pocket of a rolling, soulful track. The Alchemist had just what Spitta needed in his bag of tricks. Check out Ventilation. Click here to download.... Read more

!Mayday! dropped a hot joint with Cee-Lo and GhostWridah a few months ago.

Here's another quality track from him ft Freeway and J. Nics. Check out the remix for Highs & Lows.  Click here for more from Mayday. Click here to download.... Read more

Check out this new mini-documentary on Bun B. It features some good interview and performance footage from the Trill O.G. Both the sound and video quality are stellar.

It's not often you get to hear Bun B do some of his best cuts with a live band. Here's the doc (5 parts--courtesy of Noisey): Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5... Read more

There’s been some good new music coming out of Texas lately. Last week was A.Dd+. Now check out Jim-E-O.

Like A.Dd+, Jim-E-O is also out of Texas--Austin, TX. You can hear The Game's influence in his flow and a lot of the melodic R&B feel associated with much of the Southern West Coast sound from the late 90's and early '00s.  Here's Made It Out. Click here to download,... Read more

This new Beastie Boys joint sounds like it would have been right at home on Paul’s Boutique.

Check out Make Some Noise. Click here to download. And here's a gem from Paul's Boutique: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEVfHmjKOrM... Read more

Planet Asia puts it DOWN on a classic Grover Washington, Jr. track.

Check out the video for Black Frost. This is the 2nd high quality drop from Planet Asia in the last few weeks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_wxB_pPA9c&feature=player_embedded Here's the original Black Frost: Grover Washington, Jr.'s music has been sampled in hip-hop for decades. Here's Mr. Magic, another classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBCteWVR6kw As sampled by Salt-N-Pepa:... Read more

Electro Funk was a key element of early Hip-Hop. It was an essential part of break dancing, particularly on the West Coast. Here’s a playlist of some of the music that used to get the poppers, lockers and breakers going back in the day.

Electro Funk has had a resurgence over the years with groups like Chromeo and games like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, but there is nothing like the original joints.  And, if you missed Breakin' N Enterin' click here.... Read more

Here’s another quality Toca Tuesday Freestyle. This one is courtesy of Yelawolf.

It still doesn't top when Cyhi Da Prynce straight blacked during his Toca Tuesday Freestyle, but Yelawolf more than holds his own.  Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM-katDdakY&feature=player_embedded... Read more

Cyhi Da Prynce + Decatur Dan = #Winning. Check out the video for Cyhi’s Bunch of Rounds.

Decatur Dan continues cranking out sleek videos.  The song is from Cyhi's super solid mixtape Royal Flush.  Click here to download it if you missed it. http://vimeo.com/20109238... Read more

Next up is a new joint from Rapper Big Pooh ft Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul.

Check out RapperPooh-A-Lude, produced by Focus. This one BUMPS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaJVJD6e3Pc Click here to download.... Read more

It’s a great day for Little Brother fans. Here’s an incredible interview of Phonte sharing his thoughts on 9th Wonder and a new joint from Rapper Big Pooh.

The interview is from a forthcoming documentary on 9th Wonder called The Wonder Year. Phonte talks about their friendship, 9th Wonder's ear for music, their future in music and much more. Check it out. http://vimeo.com/21349706 Click here for the new joint from Rapper Big Pooh ft Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul.... Read more

The video for Asher Roth’s Gotta Get Up is very dope visually. It looks like a mix of animation and live video.

Whatever the technology may be, it's a cool look.  Nottz is on the the boards and Chester French is on the hook.  Check it out. http://vimeo.com/21791285... Read more

The movie Breakin’ introduced many to the West Coast break dancing scene but before Breakin’ there was the documentary Breakin’ N Enterin’.

Breakin' N Enterin' is a film from 1983 that documented the then nascent LA B-boy scene and inspired Breakin'.  It featured many of the players that went on to star in Breakin' and gave a glimpse at their real lives.  Shabba Doo, Boogaloo Shrimp and a VERY young Ice-T are... Read more

Apollo Brown’s Time Passed Autumn is an instrumental that takes you on a journey.

I can hear J. Cole murdering this one.  Who can you hear blacking out on this track? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNywrh1AotU... Read more

Cinematic Music Group has been dropping some quality music videos. Smoke DZA’s The World is the latest.

And, the beat is oh so soulful. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X96SR8sdf1U&feature=player_embedded# If you missed it, they also did Big K.R.I.T.'s Dreamin' video. Click here to watch.... Read more

Ab-Soul continues to showcase different flows. On Gone Insane he goes in over a Southern bounce track.

The visuals are pretty ill too. It's great to see cats re-injecting diversity into the game. Check out the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGOhHA2gR0M&feature=player_embedded Click here for more Ab-Soul.... Read more

Pharrell hasn’t spit like this since…well…maybe ever. Check out his verses over a Daft Punk track from Tron: Legacy.

He's always been much stronger behind the boards but this one is respectable. There are minimal drums and bass lines but it works for Pharrell's flow. It's called The Game Has Changed and is courtesy of Funkmaster Flex. Click here to download.... Read more

We’ve been talking a lot about influences this week: OutKast on A.Dd+, PE and Ice Cube on Freddie Gibbs and Self Scientific…

Now check out what the Trill O.G. Bun B has to say about his influence on Big K.R.I.T. The video is kinda hard to hear but it's worth focusing your attention on the jewels Bun B drops. Also, check out the down and dirty video put together by Big K.R.I.T.... Read more

OutKast regularly get their props for being one of the greatest artists (of any genre) of all time, and rightfully so.

It's seldom, however, that you hear about Organized Noize, the production team that played a key role in architecting the sonic foundation of OutKast's early music, and that of other influential artists coming out of Atlanta in the 90's.  The latest playlist in our producer series is dedicated to Organized... Read more

There is no one group or rapper who took the torch from the likes of Public Enemy and Ice Cube. But, there have been many who have embodied the spirits of those artists in a verse, a song or even a few albums. Self Scientific, Krondon and Freddie Gibbs are the latest to carry the baton in the video for Peaceful. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tquQ2Plrdk4&feature=player_embedded And if you forgot how Public Enemy and Ice Cube used to bring the ruckus, here are a couple of reminders. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM5_6js19eM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeFHMVWaYsc... Read more

It’s a good day for rappers who hold it down on the independent tip. Salute to Jean Grae who’s been doing it on her own for YEARS.

Check out the video for R.I.P. ft Talib Kweli and Styles P. Click here to download.... Read more

Here’s a video for 1 of the better songs on Statik Selektah and Termanology’s 1982 project. Check out 82/92 ft Mac Miller + Biggie scratches on the hook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfq-qcwo_78&feature=player_embedded Click here to download Race Against Time, the newest release from 1982.... Read more

The Jets keep spitting over soulful tracks. This time it’s Curren$y and Trademark Da Skydiver on GT500.

Check it out. Click here to download.  Also, if you missed The Jets new mixtape Jet Life to the Next Life, click here.... Read more

Shad kinda sounds like a cross between Murs and Asher Roth on Give You All I Can.

This one is for the backpackers.  Check it out. Click here to download.   Check the Asher Roth x Murs comparison: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApHeVGUpNaY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj4gWHzdPF4... Read more

Here’s another Statik Selektah-produced heat rock. This one is by Action Bronson and is called Cliff Notes.

Both the production and Action Bronson's flow would make you swear this came from the late 90's. You can hear elements of Primo in the production and M.O.P. in the verses. Dopeness. Click here to download.  Speaking of M.O.P., check out this gem from back in the day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hReK_7ARH0... Read more

Check out this mixtape from DJ Quik. While it’s not new material, there’s some vintage stuff that’s harder to find and may not have hit your eardrums. Even better, it’s narrated by Quik himself giving personal accounts of the stories behind many of his hits.

Quik's new album The Book of David drops on 4/20.  Click here if you missed the first single, Luv of My Life. Click here to download The Audiobiography of David Mixtape.  Props to LA Leakers for this one.  The tracklist is below:... Read more

Statik Selektah and Termanology had a good run last year as 1982. They’re back with a new song ft Bun B.

Check out Race Against Time.  If you missed these cats last year, click here for more. Click here to download.... Read more

It’s a great release day for hip-hop legends. In addition to Snoop Dogg, Pete Rock and Camp Lo just dropped a mixtape for 80 Blocks from Tiffany’s.

When you add the release of E-40's Revenue Releasin': Graveyard Shift, it's a real Super Tuesday. Click below to listen to and download the Pete Rock/Camp Lo mixtape and click here for a playlist with some of Pete Rock's best joints. Download Mixtape... Read more

Uncle Snoop Dogg’s album The Doggumentary dropped today. It’s hard to believe he’s been doing it for nearly 20 years.

Here's his latest video, My Own Way ft. Mr. Porter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=22L5QGzj0CE Click here to buy the album.... Read more